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H. C. HIRSCHY.

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Patented Aug. '10, 1920.

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UNITED- STATES PATENT" orrlctz.;

IIElEIRl\IA]."\" C. HIBSCHY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNO THE HIRSCHY COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. I Pfbellted Allg. 10, 1920.

application mea may 1s, 191s, seriai- No. 235,370. Renewed :my 21, 191s. seriai No. 312,321.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN C. HmsoHY, a citizen of the' United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specilication.

In the operation of a washing machine using a dolly, the clothes agitating device operated either through the bottom or the top of the tub, diiculty has been experienced in preventing the clothes Jfrom winding' on the sleeve or standard extending up through the bottom' of the tub or accumulating in a mass in the center of the tub when the drive of the dolly is from the top, or

being caught between the dolly and its hub. Evidently the nearer the clothes are to the center of the tub the less their movement will be and the smaller the degree of agitation and a consequent decrease in eiciency of the machine.

The object, therefore, of my invention is to provide means between the dolly and the bottom of the tub which operates constantly to throw the clothes out toward the walls of 4the tub into the path` of the arms of the dolly' and prevent them from wind-ing or twisting around the central standard, or working in 'between the dolly and its hub or beng rolled into a ball in the middle of the tu In the' accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure l is a vertical sectional view through a washing machine tub embodying my invention,

F ig. 2 is a similar view, showing a modified means for operating the dolly.

ln the drawing, 2 represents the bottom of the washing machine tub, 25 the side walls and 4t the cover therefor. A flanged hub 5 isy mounted in the bottom of the tub forming a bushing for the central opening therein and a sleeve 6 is fitted within said central opening and extends upwardly to a point near the top of the tub and lits within a socket in the hub 7 that is secured to the upper 'end of a shaft 8 arranged wi'tliiin the sleeve 6 and to which power is applied to drive the hub, and a dolly 9 is slidably mounted thereon. This part of the device is of ordinary construction.

Below the dolly l arrange a delector or guard 10, shown here as of bell shape conbe constantly struction, though it may be of any 4other suitable form, resting at its lower end upon the bottom of the tub and having converging walls toward the top, terminating preferably in a head 1l having a socket 12 to receive the lower end of the' hub 7 andthe dolly mayhave a recess 13 therein to :receiveA the upper portion of the head 11. This construction may, however, be-'varied to suit different conditions. The head ll has the function of keeping the clothes from working into the bearing of the dolly or between the dolly. and the guard. The walls of the deliector flare outwardly and downwardly and present a curved surface in the path of the moving clothes and in the revolution of the dolly these clothes, instead of winding around the central shaft, and becoming entangled thereon and interfering with the capacity and efficiency of the machine, will thrown or worked out away from the center of the tub and kept in the path of the dolly -arms so that there will be y a constant agitation and movement of the clothes while the dolly is in operation. The walls of the defiector will tend to work the clothes outwardly to a point where they will travel in a longer path and be more thoroughly agitated and will be prevented from becoming snarled or twisted as they frequently are when rolled around the middle of the tub and the driving shaft.

The deiector may be made of wood, metal, or any othersuitable material and it may be hollow, as shown, or slatted or with perforations therein, as may seem advisable, all

of which constructions l regard as immaterial modifications of the form herein shown.

rlhe i'iaring shape of the upper end of the guard tends to throw the clothes contacting therewith outwardly and prevent them from worlring in between the dolly and its .hub

provide means which will not only work the clothes away from the center of the tub to a point of maximum travel, but also protect them from damage during the washingoperation. v

ln Fig. 2 the driving shaft la dependa through the top of the tub and has a hub )ttt secured thereon supporting the dolly, as

' and being caught and torn thereby, l thus scribed', while the delec'tor 16, also bell? shaped, has its opening extending entirely therethrough, the lower end ot the hub l5 described with reference to Fig. 1, its curved flaring walls operating to throw the clothes outwardly away from the center of the tub and the result will be a more eflicient` washing and all danger of the clothes `winding up o1 accumulating in the center of the tub, or working into the hub of the dolly," will be positively prevented.

l claim as my invention:

1. The combination, with a washing machine tub and its dolly and a drive shaft for said dolly projecting upwardly through the bottom of the tub, of a guard interposed between. said dolly and the bottom of the tub and having a head at its upper end provided with a surface for directing the clothes outwardly and downwardly awa 'from the bearing between the dolly an guard, the walls of said guard flaring outwardly and downwardly from said head to direct the clothes toward the'walls of the tub and into the path of the dolly arms.

2. The combination, with a washing machine tub and its dolly, of a guard interposed between thebottom of the tub and the.

dolly and having means at the'top to prevent the clothes from working'in between the guard and the dolly, the walls of said guard Haring outwardly and downwardly from the upper end of the dolly and terminating in a comparatively broad base, said means and said Haring walls operating to deflect the clothes outwardly from the center of the tub toward the walls thereof and into the path of the dolly arms.

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`tub and having downwardly Haring walls for contact with the clothes to direct them outwardly from the center of the tub into the path of the dolly.

4. The combination, with a washing mal chine tub and its dolly, of a guard interposed between the bottom of the tub and dolly and having means to prevent the clothes from working in between the guard and the dolly, the walls of said guard extending downwardly and having their lower portion adjacent the bottom of the tub, said walls operating to deiect the clothes outwardly Vfrom the center of the tub toward the walls thereof and into the path of the dolly.

5. The combination, with awashing machine tub and a dolly for the tub, and a drive shaft for the dolly, of a clothes guard formed independently of the tub andsupported upon the tub bottom between it and the dolly, said guard having walls for deiecting the clothes outwardly from the center of the tub.

- 6. The combination, with a washing machine tub and a dolly for the tub and a drive shaft for the dolly, of a clothes guard formed independently of the tub and sup- HERMAN c. Hrascur. 'l 

